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and now, president obama has inherited that. you've got a lot of conservatives who are much freer to attack now that there's not republican in the white house. you have some democrat populous saying you're not doing enough for main street, but i think most of that can roll off the administration's back if they can begin to get the trend lines right on the economy. one other thing to point out in terms of being on the ropes, they're about to pass a health care bill. >> and in fact, we're getting a bit of information, maybe both of you know this, but ben nelson, the crucial moderate democrat says he will vote in favor. i see the lock of interest on your eyes there. this is a critical vote they need to avert a republican filibuster on this. >> look, if they get health care by the end of the year, that would be a huge win for barack obama. >> will they? >> i think they might. and that gives barack obama the ability to go into an election year and say he was able to do something that not even bill clinton was able to do. >> thank you
and now, president obama has inherited that. you've got a lot of conservatives who are much freer to attack now that there's not republican in the white house. you have some democrat populous saying you're not doing enough for main street, but i think most of that can roll off the administration's back if they can begin to get the trend lines right on the economy. one other thing to point out in terms of being on the ropes, they're about to pass a health care bill. >> and in fact, we're...
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treasury official telling cnbc's john harwood that the obama administration is monitoring closely the situation in dubai. so let's get some analysis. mary thompson remains our eye on the floor at the new york stock exchange. mary, back to you. >> you know, simon, typically this day after thanksgiving the focus is on retailers because it is black friday, one of the busiest shopping seasons of the year, but of course as we were all hearing overnight, the sell-off around the world, the focus became dubai and concerns as to whether or not the country would default on debt that's owned by its investment arm. as a result at the open we saw a pullback. the dow jones industrial average falling more than 200 points, but but what we saw throughout the session were some positive signs. the european market it's started to recover and the dollar's strength which is basically as the dollar moved higher the markets had been moving lower. the dollar started to move some of that strength and as a result you saw the markets move a little bit. the s&p 500 also moving off the 20-day moving average so tha
treasury official telling cnbc's john harwood that the obama administration is monitoring closely the situation in dubai. so let's get some analysis. mary thompson remains our eye on the floor at the new york stock exchange. mary, back to you. >> you know, simon, typically this day after thanksgiving the focus is on retailers because it is black friday, one of the busiest shopping seasons of the year, but of course as we were all hearing overnight, the sell-off around the world, the focus...
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president obama's budget director met with senate budget committee chairman tuesday. the aim is to bring democrats and republicans together to make tough decisions on cutting costs and raising revenues in areas such as social security social security, medicaid and taxes. the budget deficit is $1.4 trillion for fiscal 2009 and is expected to shrink next year. >>> microsoft's chief financial officer has decided to leave microsoft by the end of the year. he wants to expand his career beyond the duties of a cfo. he plans to explore possibilities of private equity. the company says his departure was his own choice. during his tenure, he reduced microsoft's huge cash and raised debt for the first time in history. >>> it is thanksgiving in the u.s. tomorrow and that means one thing, folks. the winter holiday season is upon us. what better way to sooth your mind from the manic shopping centers and relentless holiday musics than a serene visit, cnbc.com and you can mix yourself a drink apparently, as well. check out the top ten holiday cocktails -- now we're talking -- from th
president obama's budget director met with senate budget committee chairman tuesday. the aim is to bring democrats and republicans together to make tough decisions on cutting costs and raising revenues in areas such as social security social security, medicaid and taxes. the budget deficit is $1.4 trillion for fiscal 2009 and is expected to shrink next year. >>> microsoft's chief financial officer has decided to leave microsoft by the end of the year. he wants to expand his career...
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obama, 55%. in 1981 the democrats swept the virginia race is that were at stake, including the governorship to which democrats said hallelujah, all is not lost. in 1981, the new jersey governor's race was the closest in history. and tom kane, the republican pete jim by 1800 votes. history is repeating itself. no it's not. the reagan era, which was in full swing in 1981, to be best characterized as being un- yong, i'm poor, and i'm black. that was the real majority. to put it another way, white come a middle-class, middle-age, married, mom, dad, kids. reagan grasped that vision very well. and that vision was not just something that he grasped, but a whisper trade over and over again in the popular culture. whether it was leave it to beaver in the 1960's or the cosby show in the 19 80's. democrats didn't do well when that's a real majority was on young, on poor amah and i'm black. how badly? we know the record. but just bear with me on to statistics. democrats won 50% of the vote. only twice since
obama, 55%. in 1981 the democrats swept the virginia race is that were at stake, including the governorship to which democrats said hallelujah, all is not lost. in 1981, the new jersey governor's race was the closest in history. and tom kane, the republican pete jim by 1800 votes. history is repeating itself. no it's not. the reagan era, which was in full swing in 1981, to be best characterized as being un- yong, i'm poor, and i'm black. that was the real majority. to put it another way, white...
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newt gingrich should be speaker gingrich and obama should be president obama. one way to lower the animosity is to have a more civilized debate. people have feelings. is should the governor sarah palin, president obama. host: scott, on the democrats' line is our last call here. caller: happy holidays. i would just make it two points rather than three because we are running short on time. guns, conservatives want to run on that -- you are hypocrites. you tell us to support the laws that we have, yet we saw dick cheney a few years ago out of doing an illegal act and he shot someone in the face. it was a crime to hunt without a license so he shot one while committing a crime. we let him get away with it. most people who do not know the laws are prosecuted. ignorance is no excuse. guest: i am familiar with the incident. i'm sure that the guy he shot in the face has his own opinion about the incident as well. the nra as a kind of my firm, so you should know that i am in favor of the second amendment and private ownership of guns. i did not think that republicans or
newt gingrich should be speaker gingrich and obama should be president obama. one way to lower the animosity is to have a more civilized debate. people have feelings. is should the governor sarah palin, president obama. host: scott, on the democrats' line is our last call here. caller: happy holidays. i would just make it two points rather than three because we are running short on time. guns, conservatives want to run on that -- you are hypocrites. you tell us to support the laws that we have,...
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obama shut down the commission by pleading guilty. obama's team permitted no movement of the case for 11 months and now has to repeat on a perfectly valid commission case, despite keeping the commission system for other cases so that we can instead endure an incredibly expensive and burdensome civil trial that will take years to dom pleat. the witness can surely respond to what i said. >> i don't even know where to begin. other than to say this notion of leftist lawyers somehow prolonging this. the vast majority of the time in which these matters were not brought to trial to fruition happened in the prior administration. the supreme court, not, i think, a group of leftist lawyer his concerns about the way that some of the commissions were constructed. the congress re-enacted, and i think appropriately so the way in which the commissions were constructed. this is not a congress peopled only with leftist lawyers as mr. mccarthy would say. so that makes for nice rhetoric and it makes for, you know, good i guess fodder on the talk shows a
obama shut down the commission by pleading guilty. obama's team permitted no movement of the case for 11 months and now has to repeat on a perfectly valid commission case, despite keeping the commission system for other cases so that we can instead endure an incredibly expensive and burdensome civil trial that will take years to dom pleat. the witness can surely respond to what i said. >> i don't even know where to begin. other than to say this notion of leftist lawyers somehow prolonging...
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he asked president obama to meet to set up a fund rule. ochocinco tweets he set up a fund to pay fines each season. wait until you see what he has in pittsburgh this weekend. who knows. terrell owens will engage in a friendly on-line roast, throwing light-hearted jabs at each other to see who gets mad first. two receivers who will do anything for attention, like this. this will be fun. it's a good day for charities supported by the nfl. jay cutler or pony up $20,000 for his conduct towards an official in sunday's blowout loss to arizona. it taps off a bad week for cutler. he threw five interceptions on thursday. >>> madoff belongs will be auctioned off. among the items, that jacket. there's expensive jewelry, rolex watches and hundreds of pairs of mens shoes all bought with someone else's money. but the collection is largely underwhelming. that's sports. >>> hi there, i'm robin meade. we salute the troops every weekday. let's do it on the weekend too. it's private first class aaron william oxeford from his mom. she missed his birthday and
he asked president obama to meet to set up a fund rule. ochocinco tweets he set up a fund to pay fines each season. wait until you see what he has in pittsburgh this weekend. who knows. terrell owens will engage in a friendly on-line roast, throwing light-hearted jabs at each other to see who gets mad first. two receivers who will do anything for attention, like this. this will be fun. it's a good day for charities supported by the nfl. jay cutler or pony up $20,000 for his conduct towards an...
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obama arrived a few hours ago. he held the town hall meeting in shanghai earlier. >> we do not seek to impose any system of government on any other nation. but we also don't believe that the principals that we stand for are unique to our nation. these freedoms of expression and worship of access to information and political participation we believe are universal rights. >> china regularly cracks down on its religious and ethnic minorities and sensors the internet. >>> the bernie madoff auction brought in more than $900,000 for victims of his ponzi scheme. the mets jacket with his name blazoned across the back sold for more than $14,00020 times what it was expected. one buyer explained her fascination with the stuff. >> it's like getting a plate of china from the titanic and bernie madoff may have been an even bigger ship wreck. >> just about everything is up for auction or everything that was up for auction sold far more than the auctioneers. >>> i know that makes those gold parties that you see even more popular.
obama arrived a few hours ago. he held the town hall meeting in shanghai earlier. >> we do not seek to impose any system of government on any other nation. but we also don't believe that the principals that we stand for are unique to our nation. these freedoms of expression and worship of access to information and political participation we believe are universal rights. >> china regularly cracks down on its religious and ethnic minorities and sensors the internet. >>> the...
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>>> the brother of president obama. we meet him fresh off a meeting with his famous siblg in china, plus, what's at stake for our national security as the president now lands in south korea. >>> your eyes popped when you saw the latest airline prices. well, keep those eyes opened. airlines are saying they are going to keep the special holiday surcharges past the holidays. >>> and then, why that's quite a nice blouse you're wearing there today. sucking up to your boss. does it work? a new study tells us which bosses can smell it when you're putting it on thick and which cannot. >>> all that this hour on "morning express." i'm richard lui. >>> first off, pirates attacked the "maersk alabama" for the second time. pirates fired automatic weapons at the ship this morning. private security guards on the ship fired back and turned them away. now, "maersk alabama" probably sounds familiar to you, because it was hijacked in april. in april, pirates took captain richard phillips hostage five days before the navy freed him. these
>>> the brother of president obama. we meet him fresh off a meeting with his famous siblg in china, plus, what's at stake for our national security as the president now lands in south korea. >>> your eyes popped when you saw the latest airline prices. well, keep those eyes opened. airlines are saying they are going to keep the special holiday surcharges past the holidays. >>> and then, why that's quite a nice blouse you're wearing there today. sucking up to your boss....
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president obama will be there. president george w. bush, former president bush, has paid a courtesy call, along with the former first lady. and the suspect major nidal hasan is conscious and talking from his bed 120 miles away from ft. hood in san antonio. when we get more information on hasan and the investigation itself, we'll bring it to you. >>> people along the gulf coast are bracing for tropical storm ida, downgraded from a hurricane this morning. still forecast to say it could dump up to eight inches of lane reign when it makes landfall probably around mobil, alabama. bonnie schneider is joining us with the latest. heading for the southeast. >> absolutely. we are talking about a big tropical storm and a strong one at that. when you hear tropical storm, you may think it's not so bad but this is a powerful storm once a category ii hurricane. ida is on the move. already some of the convection coming on shore. but the center of circulation has not yet done that. winds are at 70 miles per hour, gusts up to 85. so right now the cente
president obama will be there. president george w. bush, former president bush, has paid a courtesy call, along with the former first lady. and the suspect major nidal hasan is conscious and talking from his bed 120 miles away from ft. hood in san antonio. when we get more information on hasan and the investigation itself, we'll bring it to you. >>> people along the gulf coast are bracing for tropical storm ida, downgraded from a hurricane this morning. still forecast to say it could...
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those are the top of president obama's agenda while he's in japan. the president met with japan's prime minister earlier on the first of four stops xs he called the us and japan equal partners and said the u.s. you plays an important role in the region. >> united states is a pacific nation, and we will be deepening or engage. in this part of the world. as i said to the prime minister, the united states will strengthen our alliances, build new partnerships and we will be part of multilateral efforts and regional institutions that advance regional security and prosperity. we have to understand that the future of the united states and asia is inpsychiatricablinked. >> the two talked about afghanistan. japan is agreeing to provide civil assistance but will not allow u.s. military aircraft to refuel for afghanistan missions. >>> a sixth man was arrested in a very disturbing child sex abuse case in missouri. a 77-year-old father and his four sons are already in custody. they did not enter a plea yesterday. court documents obtained by local media say the al
those are the top of president obama's agenda while he's in japan. the president met with japan's prime minister earlier on the first of four stops xs he called the us and japan equal partners and said the u.s. you plays an important role in the region. >> united states is a pacific nation, and we will be deepening or engage. in this part of the world. as i said to the prime minister, the united states will strengthen our alliances, build new partnerships and we will be part of...
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obama is now in singapore. he will meet with leaders of apec. before leaving japan, he said the u.s. needs to work closer with japan. he also said there are other tough things to deal with. >> this is a place where the risk of a nuclear arms race threatens the security of the wider world, and where extremists who defile a great religion plan attacks on both of our continents. there can be no solution to our energy security and our climate challenge without the rising powers and developing nations of the asia pacific. to meet these common challenges, the united states looks to strengthen old alliances and build new partnerships with the nations of this region. >> also while he's in singapore, he'll talk with russia's president about the nuclear agreement which expires next month. >>> increased fighting in afghanistan is hurting morale with u.s. soldiers. in contrast, two battlefield surveys found morale is up among soldiers in iraq because combat there is decreasing. the survey is indicating suicide have jumped
obama is now in singapore. he will meet with leaders of apec. before leaving japan, he said the u.s. needs to work closer with japan. he also said there are other tough things to deal with. >> this is a place where the risk of a nuclear arms race threatens the security of the wider world, and where extremists who defile a great religion plan attacks on both of our continents. there can be no solution to our energy security and our climate challenge without the rising powers and developing...
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that report comes as president obama sends more troops into afghanistan. >>> president obama is now in singapo singapore, the second stop on his asia tour, meeting with the members of apec. before he left japan, he said the u.s. needs to work more with asia because it could create jobs back at home. >> this is a place where the risks of a nuclear arms race threatens the security of the wider world and where extremists who defile a great religion plan attacks on both our congress. and there can be no solution to our energy security and our climate challenge without the rising powers and developing powers of the asia pacific. to meet these common challenges, the united states looks to strengthen aligns and build new partnerships with the nations of this region. >> while in singapore, the president is due to talk with russian president about replacing the nuclear agreement which expires next month. >>> strong reaction to bring a 9/11 trial to new york city. attorney general eric holder said five suspects with alleged ties to the attacks will be tried in civilian court in manhattan, just b
that report comes as president obama sends more troops into afghanistan. >>> president obama is now in singapo singapore, the second stop on his asia tour, meeting with the members of apec. before he left japan, he said the u.s. needs to work more with asia because it could create jobs back at home. >> this is a place where the risks of a nuclear arms race threatens the security of the wider world and where extremists who defile a great religion plan attacks on both our congress....
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i'd think that is exactly what we are seeing happen since president obama took office and before that in the efforts of the group that was essentially hoover veterans of the summit. we'll be talking about some of that this happened, but george shultz and his group are around stanford and the hoover institution have been immensely active in the last three years in trying to move toward an international commitment to get to zero nuclear weapons. i'd think we are beginning to see a little bit of progress. it is an immensely complicated problem. the next step is probably going to be for president obama to announce that we have reduced our arsenal to about 1000 weapons, and then we'll go down from there in concert with others. there are a lot of political issues to resolve and security issues among various states are around the world before we do that, but i think the process is underway. >> bill, why don't you finish us off? >> i think that will be a very challenging process, precisely because the same issues that defined so much of what we have talked about in the early part of the sessi
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very skilled people but that doesn't necessarily mean they have to be president and i think senator obama with his unique background and coming out of nowhere if you will shows there is plenty of people in this country who are really qualified to be president and we don't have to go back to these families all the time. >> doctor the corrigan, author of american royalty, the bush and clinton families and the danger
very skilled people but that doesn't necessarily mean they have to be president and i think senator obama with his unique background and coming out of nowhere if you will shows there is plenty of people in this country who are really qualified to be president and we don't have to go back to these families all the time. >> doctor the corrigan, author of american royalty, the bush and clinton families and the danger
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. >>> right now president obama son his way to ft. hood to join grieving families in a shaken community looking for answers to last week's deadly shooting spree. he will meet privately of relatives of those who were killed and then attend a memorial service at the army post. >>> right now the fbi is starting a new internal review to see if it missed any red flags about the suspect, major nidal hasan. >> i guess no one saw the signs on him. they missed the signs with him. can you imagine they missed the signs with someone else? i mean, you know, ridiculous. >> i think there were probably a lot of connections that should have been made that weren't made but we're at war and we're under a lot of pressure and maybe that's -- that's what happened. >> and remembering those who lost their lives live to the senate we go. they are observing a moment of silence. it's in honor of the victims and families of the ft. hood shootings. 13 people died in those attacks, 42 others were injured. and then we see the senator -- senator reid from las vegas,
. >>> right now president obama son his way to ft. hood to join grieving families in a shaken community looking for answers to last week's deadly shooting spree. he will meet privately of relatives of those who were killed and then attend a memorial service at the army post. >>> right now the fbi is starting a new internal review to see if it missed any red flags about the suspect, major nidal hasan. >> i guess no one saw the signs on him. they missed the signs with him....